Mike Love speaks out on Brian Wilson's 'firing'

Mike Love speaks out on Brian Wilson's 'firing'

Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times

A day before band members gathered at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles to take in various accolades, singer and lyricist Mike Love caught his fellow band members by surprise in announcing his decision to resume touring with his latter-day incarnation of the Beach Boys — minus creative leader Brian Wilson or original members Al Jardine and David Marks. Friday, Love wrote to The Times with his thoughts on the matter, saying he didn't fire Wilson and that his bandmates always knew there would be tours by two different versions of the band. Full story: Mike Love sets the record straight on Brian Wilson's 'firing' | Will Beach Boys reunion end on a sour note? | Interactive: Hollywood Walk of Fame: Beach Boys

A day before band members gathered at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles to take in various accolades, singer and lyricist Mike Love caught his fellow band members by surprise in announcing his decision to resume touring with his latter-day incarnation of the Beach Boys — minus creative leader Brian Wilson or original members Al Jardine and David Marks. Friday, Love wrote to The Times with his thoughts on the matter, saying he didn't fire Wilson and that his bandmates always knew there would be tours by two different versions of the band. Full story: Mike Love sets the record straight on Brian Wilson's 'firing' | Will Beach Boys reunion end on a sour note? | Interactive: Hollywood Walk of Fame: Beach Boys (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)

A day before band members gathered at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles to take in various accolades, singer and lyricist Mike Love caught his fellow band members by surprise in announcing his decision to resume touring with his latter-day incarnation of the Beach Boys — minus creative leader Brian Wilson or original members Al Jardine and David Marks. Friday, Love wrote to The Times with his thoughts on the matter, saying he didn't fire Wilson and that his bandmates always knew there would be tours by two different versions of the band. Full story: Mike Love sets the record straight on Brian Wilson's 'firing' | Will Beach Boys reunion end on a sour note? | Interactive: Hollywood Walk of Fame: Beach Boys